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-Pencil quote: "USA PAPER:MATE AMERICAN HB 2"-

I was surprised at how detailed my memory of one dream was last night, considering that the whole hurting-ness of the tetanus and meningitis shots began kicking in this morning. Anywho, the most unusual part of the dream was that I was driving merrily along when I came across traffic signals with... wait for it... ADVERTISING! In fact, I made a false start when a green logo (but not the actual green light) flashed on one of the lights. So you see -- pervasive advertising is not as bad as it could be.

Vaccination (& Co.) update. Chicken pox, blood draw, and TB test are completely fine by now -- at most there's a small pink welt at the blood draw location, and a tiny bruise where the TB skin test went in. But as far as feeling them, they're as good as not there.

On the other hand. Both of my upper arms feel as if I seriously overworked them in some sort of demented weight-lifting exercise. The muscle is not at all taking kindly to the idea of having foreign matter streamed into it. Furthermore, I can tell exactly which injections are causing the complaints: on my left arm, the TDaP (Tetanus/Diptheria/Pertussis) booster, and on my right, the meningicoccal vaccine. At least the diseases they prevent against are worthwhile (read: serious).

Of course, that's not the first thing that crosses my mind when I realize that every movement involved in getting dressed in the morning engages the upper arms. Yeowch. Funny how little kids are always overafraid of the actual poke involved, when actually the residual effects of the shot -- MUST ELIMINATE FOREIGN SERUM FROM MUSCLE NOW!!! -- are worse.

Reality check. At least typing isn't too bad.